Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014

23Carrying out of functions conferred on officers of local authorities

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(1)This section applies where—

(a)a prescribed function conferred by or by virtue of an enactment on an officer of a local authority relates to a function delegated to an integration authority under an integration scheme, and

(b)any prescribed conditions are satisfied.

(2)Where the integration authority is an integration joint board, the prescribed function is deemed to have been conferred also on an officer of the Health Board and any other local authorities that are the constituent authorities of the integration joint board.

(3)Where the integration authority is a local authority or Health Board or (as the case may be) a local authority and Health Board acting jointly, the prescribed function is deemed to have been conferred also on an officer of the Health Board and any other local authority which prepared the integration scheme.